Luke Wright offers timely reminder with Big Bash record

Luke Wright, who signed up for the KFC T20 Big Bash League in Australia to remind England of his ability in one-day cricket, sent home an emphatic message by recording the highest score in all domestic Twenty20 cricket Down Under.

Wright struck nine sixes and eight fours in his 60-ball 117, helping Melbourne Stars to a 19-run win against Hobart Hurricanes and third place in the eight-team league, putting them on course to reach the semi-finals.

His hundred, from only 44 balls, was the fastest in the competition. He completed it by forcing Xavier Doherty, the former Australia spin bowler, for six over long-off.

Earlier, Wright had thrashed the medium pace of Rhett Lockyear for three sixes in a row.